JUPITER, Fla. –– Chris Carpenter was the victim of the joke again. As the pitcher walked to the mound at Roger Dean Stadium Thursday, the Cardinals public address announcer introduced him as "the other Chris Carpenter." During the seventh inning of St. Louis' 9-3 win over Boston, he nearly looked the part of St. Louis' former Cy Young Award winner, retiring three of the four batters he faced. But in the eighth inning, Carpenter struggled, walking three and yielding four runs. "I think it was just too long of a stretch," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said of Carpenter. "First...

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